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Brian Peterson-Roest and Brian Roest-Peterson (yep, you read that right!) are the founders of Bees in the D, a Detroit-based
Michigan lawmakers began approving a plan Wednesday to address a $2.2 billion state budget hole caused by the coronavirus pandemic,
Today, Jesuit pear trees are considered a treasure of Detroit's natural history and preservation efforts are underway.
Detour and The Blend curated a playlist of some of our favorite music from Detroit women artists of color right
Detroit has an unquestionable influence on modern music, from the era of Motown, to the birth of techno, to the
Katelyn Durst Rivas runs the Free Black Women's Library-Detroit from her bike, with a collection of 400 books, all written
Flint is the most notable example. But we might soon find out about many more.  Aside from a few infamous
When surveyor and explorer Bela Hubbard traveled down the Detroit River with David Houghton in the 1830s, he did not
Since the Detroiters Do Science project began in May, citizen scientists across Metro Detroit have recorded nearly 2500 observations (and
Detroit Will Breathe leader Nakia Wallace was placed in a chokehold by a Detroit Police Department Officer as she and

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